Agnik Bhattacharya
Agnik Bhattacharya received his BA from Sanskrit College, University of Calcutta in Ancient Indian and World History, Culture and Archaeology and MA in Historyfrom Presidency University. He is currently Elahé Omidyar Mir- Djalali Graduate Felow in Ancient Iranian Art History and Archaeology, in UCI's PhD Program in Visual Studies.
Agnik’s academic interests and training are interdisciplinary. Currently, Agnik is interested in the archaeological, social and political histories of pre- Islamic eastern Iranian world and Central Asia and their predominant presence in the nation building process of the various modern Central Asian republics, especially Afghanistan. Agnik’s research examines the importance of Afghanistan in the late 1960’s and early '70s for the development and often competing, scholarly paradigms regarding the study of the archaeology of the Kushan Empire (c.1 century CE- 4th century).
Agnik has presented papers in various national and international seminars; recently he has presented papers at the London School of Economics and the University of Edinburg. Within Visual Studies Agnik plans to research the visual and spatial politics of the formation of the Kushan Empire, which encompassed eastern Iran, Central Asia and northern India, and the role of archaeology in the formation and contestation of nationhood and identity in modern nation states.
Supervisors: Prof. Matthew P. Canepa and Supervisor
Agnik’s academic interests and training are interdisciplinary. Currently, Agnik is interested in the archaeological, social and political histories of pre- Islamic eastern Iranian world and Central Asia and their predominant presence in the nation building process of the various modern Central Asian republics, especially Afghanistan. Agnik’s research examines the importance of Afghanistan in the late 1960’s and early '70s for the development and often competing, scholarly paradigms regarding the study of the archaeology of the Kushan Empire (c.1 century CE- 4th century).
Agnik has presented papers in various national and international seminars; recently he has presented papers at the London School of Economics and the University of Edinburg. Within Visual Studies Agnik plans to research the visual and spatial politics of the formation of the Kushan Empire, which encompassed eastern Iran, Central Asia and northern India, and the role of archaeology in the formation and contestation of nationhood and identity in modern nation states.
Supervisors: Prof. Matthew P. Canepa and Supervisor
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